BSE-VAHWQP-LEE CO - 2024 Lee County Virginia Household Water Quality Program

Description

Do you have a well or spring? What’s in your water?

The Virginia Household Water Quality Program aims to improve the water quality and health of Virginians with wells, springs and cisterns. We provide affordable water testing, help interpreting their water test results, and information about addressing problems.

How does it work?

Please Note: Refunds or Transfers to future programs will not be provided if you fail to either pick up your testing kit or drop off your sample during the below window of time.

Pick up your sample kit at the Lee Extension office located at 486 Industrial Drive Pennington Gap, Virginia 24277. Kit pickup will occur on Tuesday, 11/5/24, 6:00pm or during regular business hours Tuesday 11/5 - Monday 11/11.
Collect samples and drop off Wednesday, 11/13/24 at the Lee Extension office located at 486 Industrial Drive Pennington Gap, Virginia 24277 7:30am – 9:00am
-or-
Super Dollar in Rose Hill 7:30am - 8:30am
Samples are analyzed at Virginia Tech. Receive your confidential results, an explanation of what they mean, and information about addressing any problems via email about 6 weeks after the sample drop off.

Testing includes:

Iron	Manganese	Coliform bacteria	Arsenic	Sulfate
Sodium	Copper	E. coli bacteria	Lead	Nitrate
Fluoride	Hardness	Total Dissolved Solids	pH

Cost: $70/sample kit

(comparable analysis at a private commercial lab would cost more than $300)

* Please contact Amy Byington if you require a financial assistance to participate; a limited number of subsidized kits are available.

All participant information is kept strictly confidential

WAYS TO REGISTER

Preferred Method – Register Online with a Credit Card

Click on the appropriate Add to Cart button on this page, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete your registration. If you have any trouble with registration, please contact our helpline by email at vceprograms@mail.ext.vt.edu.

Register with a Check

This system is designed to process credit card payment only. If you would like to pay by check, please mail your check along with your full name, email address, phone number and mailing address to: 486 Industrial Drive Pennington Gap, Virginia 24277. Please make checks payable to 'VCE-Lee Co'. Please note there is a $50 returned check fee. Alternatively, please come to our office at the above address M-F 8:30am-5:00pm. Please note that registration may sell out before we receive your check.

Notes

REFUND POLICY: No refunds will be given after 11/5/24. Any refunds issued will incur a $5 processing fee.

For more information about this program, please contact Amy Byington, (276) 546-2057, afannon@vt.edu. You can also visit http://www.wellwater.bse.vt.edu/

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact The Lee County Extension Office at (276) 546-2057 during business hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.